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Jun 4, 2022 · June 4, 2022. Burlesque is an art form that dates back hundreds of years. It has taken on many iterations throughout history, each evolving into different thematic offshoots that have defined what we know as burlesque. Now, there are multiple popular kinds of burlesque around the world.
Advertisement for a burlesque troupe, 1898 Souvenir programme for Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué. American burlesque is a genre of variety show derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall, and minstrel shows. Burlesque became popular in the United States in the late 1860s and slowly evolved to feature ribald comedy and female nudity.
burlesque, in literature, comic imitation of a serious literary or artistic form that relies on an extravagant incongruity between a subject and its treatment. In burlesque the serious is treated lightly and the frivolous seriously; genuine emotion is sentimentalized, and trivial emotions are elevated to a dignified plane.
